Box 1

Scope and Content From the Collection: On October 23, 1922, shortly after her husband’s death, Hellen May Pinney Seward left her home in Vermont to spend the winter in Clermont, Florida. She travelled with a friend named Flora, and the two rented a cottage together for the season. She kept a diary about her time in Florida that recounted her daily activities, such as cooking, cleaning, visiting neighbors, running errands, writing letters, and making baskets. Seward did not have a car, but many of her friends (who were mostly...